Appeal could be $13,000

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33066, 6 November 1972, Page 1

Appeal could be $13,000

The organisers of the street appeal for the Maryland* residential school for the retarded hope that its final total will reach $13,000.

Mr J. B, lagan, chairman of the Marylands Auxiliary, said yesterday that $12,349 had been counted, with several collection boxes held in safe custody at the week-end yet to be opened. Other gifts had been promised.

Mr Lagan said he would like to thank people in Christchurch, and in other districts, for the response to the appeal. The appeal, he said, had definitely been a one-day affair. “Unfortunately, it seems that some people are trying to collect money for themselves. No-one in Christchurch is now canvassing among business houses on behalf of Marylands, or collecting on the street

“Anyone doing so should not be given money,” Mr Lagan said. “The Press” last evening received $l6 in cash from “A.R.G.” towards the appeal.

The Prior (Br R. Moloney) said that the response of the public had been overwhelming. At a time when their future care was in doubt, such a response fiad given the brothers great hope that concern for the needs of others would influence the Government’s decision affecting the lives of the mentally handicapped. He thanked the Mayor of Christchurch (Mr N. G. Pickering) who had initiated the street appeal and everyone who had helped to organise it and collect.